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31 May

30 May

Closing Date for Scottish Champs: Entries close tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5pm. All details are available in the panel on the right, including information for senior and schools events, entry and summary forms.

National Schools Regatta: Photographs from National Schools are available on the Natures Images website.

29 May

National Schools Regatta: Results are now coming through from NWSC (2pm). Through to the next round this afternoon are single scullers from Nithsdale (L West and A Sarahs), Glasgow (D Prescott) and Strathclyde Park (N Santoni) along with the J16 4+ and J16 G4+ from George Heriots.

5pm - Both the J16 4+ crews from George Heriots School have won their semi-finals to progress to the final later this evening.

7pm - the Girls J16 4+ from George Heriots School has convincingly won their event. Congratulations to Ursula Braun, Laura McGhie, Cat Skinner, Ealasaid Manson, Elanor Whyte (cox) and coach Ian Munro. The Boys J16 4+ rowing shortly afterwards finished in fourth place.

All results now available on the NWSC website. Daniel Prescott of Glasgow RC, coached by George Warnock and one of the Scottish Junior Elite Squad supported by SportScotland, has won MJ16 1x.

28 May

National Schools Regatta: News from our reporter at Nat Schools (12pm) - Strathclyde Park RC 4+ and George Heriots RC girls 4+ both got through their heats this morning. Racing was all over 1k and has now been suspended.

5pm - after earlier reports that racing was to be held in time trial format, the rest of today's racing has now been abandoned.

World Cup at Dorney Lake: Racing at today's World Cup was not so affected by wind - in the Womens 4x, Katherine Grainger's crew led at each timing point to beat Russia 1 by 0.5 secs. Great Britain also won the Mens 4-, both mens and womens 8s finished third along with the Lwt 2- of Danny Harte and Nick English. Full results on the FISA website.

27 May

Friday results from National Schools: At the end of the first day of Nat Schools, Scottish juniors have already collected silver and bronze medals. George Watsons Mens J14 2x won a bronze medal, Strathclyde Park RC Womens J15 2x went one better, winning silver. Alaister Sarahs of Nithsdale ARC came close in Mens J15 1x, missing out on a bronze by 0.26 secs.

Scottish Junior Elite Squad: The six members of the Scottish Junior Elite Squad, supported by SportsScotland, are all in action this weekend at the National Schools Regatta. Daniel Prescott (Glasgow RC), Laura West and Alaistair Sarahs (both Nithsdale ARC) are competing in single sculling events, while Stephanie MacDowall, Polly Swann (both George Heriots School RC) and Sionaid Crosby (Aberdeen Schools) are competing in crew events.

World Cup - Results: In exhibition races earlier today, the GB W4x (Grainger, Houghton, Winckless and Romero) won their event and the MLwt 2- (Harte/English) finished in 3rd position - both crews will be racing again tomorrow. The Irish ex-Scots have both made the B finals in their events. Please let me know if there are any other Scots in the GB team who I've missed.

National Schools Results: Results from Nottingham will be coming up here as the races happen.

Scottish Championships: Reminder to all clubs that Scot Champs entries close at 5pm on Tuesday. The organisers would also like to remind all clubs to please use the downloaded entry forms and summary sheets, and to type them wherever possible.

26 May

Weekend events: The first World Cup of the year and the National Schools Regatta take place this week. Scottish rowers at the World Cup include Katherine Grainger (W4x) and Danny Harte (MLwt 2-, ex-Heriots, Clyde and Scotland international). Also rowing are ex-Scottish internationals now rowing for Ireland, Sinead Jennings (WLwt 2x) and Dave Wallace (MLwt 4-). Coverage on BBC1 on Saturday from 12.15 to 14.00 (assuming they don't put the football on instead...).

Message from Lochwinnoch: All at Castle Semple RC would like say a big “Thank you” to all who supported our regatta on Saturday. There was huge entry and competitors were very accommodating by working round any boat and cox clashes. A special thanks to the Umpires who got the regatta running back on time by working through the first break and kept good spirits despite the problems caused by the wind, your efforts are greatly appreciated. Finally, if any club has 3 extra seats now then could you please get in touch with Castle Semple RC as we have lost 3, also EUBC are looking for a missing mobile phone. Thanks again and hope to see you all again next year.

Ergo for Sale: See the Sales & Wants page for details.

23 May

National Schools Regatta: The draw and timetable for Nat Schools (Friday 27th - Sunday 29th May) is now online.

Inverness RC juniors visit Castle Semple: Six members of the IRC cadet squad took part in their first ever competitive regatta at the weekend, taking part in coxed quad, double scull and aquajog events and winning the mixed J12 coxed quad, womens J12 double and J11 aquajog events.

Photograph - The Inverness Junior Squad complete with some of the medals won at Castle Semple Regatta.

22 May

Photos from Edinburgh-Glasgow Boat Race: Photographs from last weekend's race in Glasgow are available for viewing or purchase at the following website.
Below - crews from Edinburgh and Glasgow Universities and the winning EUBC men's alumni crew.

Email attachments: There have been some problems recently with my email, particularly with large attachments. If yours has been bounced back, please email me without the attachment or give me a call (contacts page).

19 May

Castle Semple Regatta: The draw, circulation pattern and safety notes are now all available. Racing starts at 9am and there is a full schedule right through to late afternoon.

17 May

Aylings-Lola demonstator boats: Strathclyde Park Rowing Club have recently taken on the role of demonstrating Aylings-Lola boats in Scotland. They currently have in stock a stern coxed four/coxed quad for an 85Kg crew from the Champion range.

This demonstrator boat is available for use at Strathclyde Park by anyone that wishes to try it out. It is in the SPRC boat bay and any requests to try it should go to SPRC not SARA. Any crews who would like to try it out at any regatttas which SPRC are attending (Castle Semple, Scot Champs, Nithsdale) can contact Peter Barton on 07834 491460 or Tom Hewitt on 01698 458480.

SPRC have also recently bought a bow-loader coxed four (75Kg) and two pairs/doubles (60 and 70 Kg) from the AX4 range plus two 60 Kg Champion singles. They are happy to answer any questions on their experience with these boats if people are considering them.

Aberdeen Boat Club swamped by rowers: Aberdeen Boat Club, which is hosting the 20th running of Britain’s largest community rowing event, the Sparrows Offshore Aberdeen Inter Company Row, has been so overwhelmed by entries for this year’s challenge that a formal waiting list has had to be set up for the first time. “We normally limit the entry to 36 crews, which represents 144 complete beginners to the sport, for quality reasons – we want to ensure every competitor enjoys a great introduction to rowing” says club captain, Bill Burnett. “This year we received 43 entry cheques and had at least another dozen companies expressing interest, so we had to act fast.”

Aberdeen BC was able to commit to extending the event to 40 crews, but no more. The remainder are on the stand-by list in case of cancellations. Training starts immediately and passers-by will see the ‘rookie’ crews on the River Dee any evening or weekend when the tide is in between now and 25th June – the date of the Aberdeen Inter Company Regatta, which is sponsored again in 2005 by Sparrows Offshore Services.

The Inter Company Row is important to Aberdeen Boat Club for several reasons – as a recruitment initiative, as a revenue earner for club funds, and as a link to the local community. Malcolm Wilson, chief operating officer (Europe) of Aberdeen-based Sparrows Offshore who sponsor the event, says “We’re delighted to be sponsoring an event which is obviously a growing success. Colleagues who took part last year assure me it’s the best team-building exercise ever, which makes it an ideal association for any business.”

16 May

Edinburgh-Glasgow Boat Race: The annual challenge took place on Saturday on the River Clyde. Results and a report from the Tideway Slug: Glasgow won the Mens 1st & 2nd eights, Edinburgh won the Womens 1st and 2nd eights, as well as both alumni races and the novice ergo challenge.

SARA Ergo Raffle: Ronnie Goldie would like to advise all those who are going to Castle Semple Regatta next weekend to have a spare fiver with them, as he will be there with the SARA Raffle tickets. ALL the proceeds will be going to the team selected for HIR Cardiff in July.

North-East Regatta results: The results from the North-East Regatta are now on-line on the Committee of the Dee website, along with photographs from the event. Run-away winners of the Championship of the Dee were Aberdeen Boat Club, with Aberdeen Schools second and Aberdeen University and Inverness RC joint third.

13 May

Munich Junior Regatta: Last weekend, Stephanie McDowall of George Heriots School RC was competed with the GB junior squad at the Munich Junior Regatta. Rowing in the 4- on the Saturday, she won a bronze medal behind two German crews, losing the siver medal by 0.2 secs and finishing second ranked GB boat on percentage time. On the Sunday, Steph and her pairs partner went one better, finishing 2nd in the pairs event and being top ranked GB boat of the day. Congratulations to Steph.

11 May

News from St Andrews University BC: St Andrews University Boat Club had its Annual dinner at the weekend, an evening of sumptuous food, world class speaking and an abundance of Beer and wine! The club were honoured to hear from Canadian Olympic Medallist and victorious Blue Boat Rower Barney Williams. Barney had the club mesmerised with his tales of Olympic trial and tribulation. His wife Buffy who is also an Olympic medallist accompanied him.

St Andrews University Boat Club have also just been awarded Most Improved Club of the year at the university. The men's 1st VIII were awarded Half Blues and the women's 1st IV colours. Edward Harden was been awarded Athlete of the year, as well as being awarded a full Blue for his recognition from the British U23 coaches and for winning the Scottish Indoor Champs. He is currently pulling 6:05 on the erg and is confident of breaking 6 minutes any day!.

10 May

Scottish Team Registration: Gary Bain reminds all aspiring Scottish HIR team athletes that he needs completed official registation forms ASAP. The unofficial details he accepted at SPR will only be accepted if he also receives official forms by 20th May - anyone not doing this will be assumed not to want to be considered for selection.

SARA Racing Licences: Sandy Walker would like to remind all clubs that licence numbers must be included on the entry form for Scottish Championships. Anyone unable to quote their number on the form will be required to pay for a day ticket. Any queries over the status allocated should be made within one month of the date of issue.

9 May

Gent Regatta: Four medals at Gent Regatta last weekend for Scottish based athletes (as well as few for English-based Scots). On Saturday Alistair Warnock of Glasgow RC won the Mens 1x (beating an Olympic finalist in the process) and the ABC/AUBC Mens 4+ finished third in a strong field. On the Sunday, Alistair claimed a second medal, silver this time. In the Mens Lwt 1x Doug Taylor of Aberdeen BC finished in 3rd place to collect a bronze medal.

North-East Regatta: Some images from the North-East Regatta (click on the images for larger photographs): from left to right, IRC womens R2 four on their way to winning, the hail belts it down, Inverness RC mens novice four. Thanks to Roy Sinclair of Inverness Rowing Club for the pictures.

8 May

Scottish Championships: The information for Scottish Championships is now available - please see the panel on the right for details. The organisers would like to remind all clubs to please use the downloaded entry forms and summary sheets, and to type them wherever possible.

As agreed at the AGM, there are a few changes to events this year:

* Intermediate events are now 2,000m; 2x and 4x are new intermediate events this year; anyone entering an intermediate event, cannot enter any non-intermediate events on the same day

* Entrants for Novice Championship events must have been novice on 1 January 2005; competitors entering junior or schools events cannot enter a Novice Championship event on the same day.

* For veterans preparing for the Masters, the committee have added non-championship Vet 4x events for both men and women.

6 May

Medal for George Parsonage: George Parsonage was awarded the silver medal of the Royal Humane Society on Thursday. George has rescued countless people from the Clyde, following in his father's footsteps as the Officer of the Glasgow Humane Society. George had a long career in the sport of rowing, including the final of the HRR Double Sculls in 1971. This award is the first of its kind given by the charity for over 100 years. Full report on the BBC news website.

Dorney Lake World Cup event: The BIRO have announced that Scotland's double olympic medallist, Katherine Grainger, will be competeing at the World Cup event at Eton (26/28 May) in the women's quad scull alongside Rebecca Romero, Sarah Winckless and Frances Houghton. Further details on the British team on the BIRO website.

3 May

Reports from BUSA: Thanks to Jonny Logan and Alasdair Anderson of Glasgow University BC for their reports from last weekend's British University Champs.

Gold medals (gaining GB selection for the European University Champs in July):
Men's Championship 2x (Glasgow Uni), Women's Lightweight 4- (Glasgow Uni)

Silver medals
Women's Championship 2- (Glasgow Caledonian), Women's Lightweight 2- (Glasgow Uni), Men's Lightweight 2- (Strathclyde Uni)

Bronze medals
Men's Championship 8 (Glasgow Uni), Men's Lightweight 4- (Strathclyde Uni), Women's Junior 1x (Glasgow Caledonian)

Other notable results include Glasgow Caledonian 4th in Women's Championship 1x, Edinburgh Uni just beating Glasgow Uni to 5th place in Women's Championship 8s and also reaching the final in Women's Champ 4+. Dundee University was unfortunate to qualify for the final in Junior Women's 4+ but be disqualified due to the withdrawal of their Champ 4+. In the Men's Championship 4+, Glasgow Uni finish 5th and Robert Gordons Uni progressed to the semi-final in the same event. St Andrews Uni continued their run of good results from SPR to finish 4th in Lightweight 2x and 5th in Womens Novice 4+.

2 May

Regatta Organising Commitee: The ROC is having a meeting on Tuesday night at 7pm at Strathclyde Park Watersports Centre to review SPR and begin planning the Scottish Championships.

North-East Regatta: The draw for the North East Regatta is posted on the Committee of the Dee website. The organisers anticipate a busy day on Saturday with 73 races, mostly at 4-minute intervals. Racing starts at 10:30am. Sunday is more relaxed with only 28 races and an early finish for those with a distance to travel.

Scottish Champs
11/12 June

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